| Titre : |
The vertical fiber hide defect : Transmission to progeny and relation to reproductive failures in crossbreding test |
| Type de document : |
texte imprimé |
| Auteurs : |
A. L. Everett, Auteur ; Mary V. Hannigan, Auteur |
| Année de publication : |
1978 |
| Article en page(s) : |
p. 458-470 |
| Note générale : |
Bibliogr. |
| Langues : |
Américain (ame) |
| Catégories : |
Bovins -- Races
Croisement de races
Cuirs et peaux -- Analyse
Cuirs et peaux -- Défaut de fibre verticale
Cuirs et peaux -- Défauts
|
| Index. décimale : |
675 Technologie du cuir et de la fourrure |
| Résumé : |
Studies over the past 20 years have shown that the vertical fiber bide defect, which causes moderate to extreme weakness in leather, occurs much more frequently in Herefords than in the other two major cattle breeds examined so far. Evidence from several tests, including a recent hide biopsy study of twin Hereford and Holstein cows, supports the theory that this defect is a genetically controlled trait. We have now extended the biopsy study to include 76 progeny of these same cows, produced by reciprocal crossbreeding through three calvings, to test the incidence of the defect in known crossbreds. Although 13 of the Hereford dams and one of the Hereford sires carried the defect, only one of the calves was found to be defective. Samples were not available from three of the eight sires. Apparently the defect does not commonly occur from this type of crossbreeding.
Analysis of the calving records from the crossbreeding test revealed preliminary evidence which, if confirmed by further testing on a larger scale, may have serious economic implications to the beef cattle industry. The Holstein cows produced a live calf crop of 86 percent of expected pregnancies and the normal Herefords produced 90 percent. However, the 13 defective Herefords produced only 70 percent and the five with extreme defect only 53 percent. Most of the Hereford failures were due to stillborn calves, especially from one pair of defective twins. |
| Note de contenu : |
- EXPERIMENTAL : Test design - Biopsy procedure - Histology - Test hides and leather
- RESULTS : Biopsy results for progeny - Analysis of calving records - Analysis of calving records - Incidence of calving failures - Pathological abnormalities
- Table 1 : Evaluation of fiber structure in selected progeny of hereford cows with defect
- Table 2 : Evaluation of fiber structure in selected progeny of hereford cow without defect
- Table 3 : Evaluation of fiber structure in selected progeny of Holstein cows without defect
- Table 4 : Calving records of hereford cows with defect
- Table 5 : Calving records of hereford cows without defect
- Table 6 : Calving records of Holstein cows without defect
- Table 7 : Summary of reproductive performance data
- Table 8 : Incidence of failures by breed, fiber, and feed groups |
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in JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN LEATHER CHEMISTS ASSOCIATION (JALCA) > Vol. LXXIII (Année 1978) . - p. 458-470
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